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I ordered my two kinds of weather stripping from Amazon. Both had a Chinese knockoff style 3M tape already attached to them. The adhesive has held up well over the six months with no issues.

I suspect you will not need the bar, once you put on the tent material. I had a similar issue before putting on my material. You might want to increase the strength of the pneumatic struts also, but not critical. I returned mine and went to stronger struts. I lift my top about 6inches and...

Sounds like good advice. I still have a lot of room to put stuff under the camper seats in the back. I don't air down, so I can't justify installing a permanent compressor, but I bring along a 12v portable one when needed, mainly for my ATV or Tractor at camp. I have plenty of room for a...

Here's a Tacoma with a Lithium Starter battery used for overlanding. He seems pretty happy with it. https://www.takethetruck.com/blog/overlanding-battery

Along with my bright idea of installing an 80AH Lithium Starter battery, I'll need to install a decent sized inverter. I want to install the inverter in the Gladiator and not in the bed, so I can still use it without the camper on. What do you think about these four locations for the Inverter. I...

I would go with 1/4”. Look at the gaps on the truck's doors and match them. There's no reason to go to 1/16", as it most likely will cause you problems later, and isn't needed for the seal, since you have a compression seal. You need to have enough room for the bottom of the door to clear the...

I still have plenty of life left in my OEM starter battery, but when It's time, I'll be replacing it with an Antigravity Lithium Starter battery 80AH. I've been keeping an eye on other people using them in Jeeps, and so far so good. Basically an 80AH Lithium Battery can discharge down to 10%...

Too bad this is only a 3D printed toy. Looks great.

Your design looks pretty water tight. Your red overhanging piece is key. I was worried about how water tight my top would be, but so far it's working out great in the rain. The velcro strips from Sailrite are incredibly strong. They will not pull apart in high winds or under tension. It's...

Check out Sailrite's website. They have a hundred videos on DIY sewing products. This is where I bought my material and I figured out how to make my tent. They use snaps and velcro to attach material. I ended up using stick on velcro on one side and sewing to the tent material. I also...

Thanks for the picture. Now that is the perfect setup! Looks like the Gladiator handles the weight without much compression on the rear end.

Haha... For those of you not from St. Louis, one of the most asked questions when meeting someone here is "Where did you go to High School?" Having lived here for a while, I forget that the rest of the world doesn't open up with this question. Hell, I actually ask this, even though I didn't...

Did the hitch mount work OK for the DRZ? Any pics?

Yes that corner of Missouri, Southernwestern Missouri is typically called the Ozarks, which is covered with beautiful lakes, rivers, streams, hills, and trees. You have Branson MO, Bentonville Arkansas, and all the lakes formed by the Arkansas river in Oklahoma. We don't have Oceans, Deserts...

St. Louis area.

It's finally nice camping weather here in Missouri, and I'm out of commission for a month or so. Just had an operation, and I'm restricted to sitting around the house. I'd love to see any pictures of other 4x4 camping rigs, while I sit on my couch. Keep me entertained and post some pictures!!

The gray looks good. I originally was going all black inside, but luckily switched to a black/tan theme. For these small campers I think it's important to use some lighter colors inside, or it can feel smaller than it is.

Looking great!! Keep it up. I decided to make my tent color match my truck's interior color, since I would be looking at all three materials inside the camper (truck seats, camper seats, and tent).

Do you think the jack stands could handle casters on the bottom? I'm thinking about adding jack stands instead of the rig I made, but would like to lower the camper, and roll it into my garage, when not being used.

One more question. Do you have a link for your jack stands? My scissor lift idea doesn't work as nicely as I'd hoped and maybe I could put casters on the bottom of the jack stands you have. I still have to find a way to extend the jacks from the sides of the truck, like you did.